Device for exterminating boll-weevil.



A. J. MAHANAY. DEVICE FOR EXTERMINATING BOLL WEEVIL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1908.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

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To all whom it may concern:

Bait-known that-I, ANDREW J. MAHANAY, a citizen of the-UnitedStates, residi-n at Ar-f lington, in the county of Tarrant and tate of Texas, have invented 'a' new and useful Improvement in Devices for Exterminating Boll Weevil, of which the-following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for exterminating plant parasites and is es ecially de signed for the extermination of be weevil.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which shall be ca able of distributing along rows of plants or i elds of vegetation a liquid insecticide in a thorough and efiective manner and to this end the invention consists' in the structure of arts and in their combination for the spec stantial'lythe manner, herein described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 shows in front elevation, one form of the improved device; Fig. 2 isa transverse vertical section through the body of the receptacle, which contains theliquid insecticide; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of said rece tacle, the wicks being removed; Fig. 4 is a p an of the receptacle as seen in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5is aplan of a wheeled vehicle showing one way in which the devicei embodying the present invention may be use i It is designed that the ihsecticide may be applied by presenting it to'the. infested vegetation through the medium of wicks or other absorbent material and that the insecticide used shall be of a volatile mature and cause destruction of parasites by im regnating the atmosphere about them. The insecticide, which has been found advantageous for the destruction of many forms of parasites, is some one of the derivatives of petroleum and of these kerosene has been found especiall eflicacious in the treatment of boll weevill To distribute this by means of wicks or absorbent material, means economy as wellas effective distribution and one way for carrying this into effect is that illustrated in the drawings, wherein 6 indicates a receptacle for the insecticide, which may be made from gal-- vanized iron or like material and, for the utilization of the entire contents of the rece tacle, its bottom is preferably cylindrica in.

form as shown.

p A cover of any suitableform may be applied Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Marclf, 1908. Serial No. 419,500.

ed purpose insub- 1 the ends of the wic Patented Jan. 26', 1909.

applied by forming edges of the recepta as indicated at 7, in which a sliding cover 8- may readily be'in serted.

A. wick may bra-conveniently formed from a strip of any suitable fabric, such as canton flannel,'.and this strip is preferably secured in the middle of the bottom of tank 6. One convenient manner for so locating the wick is that indicated, wherein a slotted strip of metal 9 has its ends located between ears at the ends of the tank and held down by pins 10. Through the slot in this bar '9 the wick may be passed, substantially as seen in Fig. 2 so that it cannot readily slide through the slot in said bar should one end or the other .to' this receptacle and one is most readily glrui'deways in-the upper c e wick'depend, as seen in Fig. 1, said wicks.

for the sake of clear illustration having'been cut short in'Fig. 2. The wicks may hang down in the plane of thesides of the receptacle 6, but-preferably their edges are held apart at the forward end of the receptacle so'as to permit them to more readily pass along the sides of a row of plants and yet allow the wicks to brush against the plants in fpassing. This converging arrangement 0 the wicks may be effected in various ways, one of which consists in attaching strips of metal to the und er-. 4

side of the receptacle 6 and allowing the ends thereof to extend beyond said receptacle as seen at 13. These extensions are perforated and in the perforations wires or cords 14 may be placed parallel to one another and between them the ends of the wick hang. If desired, a third wick, as 15, may be provided and this wick may extend through a slit in the end of the tank, such as indicated in dotted lines at 16 in Fig. 2, or this third wick may be attached, by means oflaterally extending straps atits upper corners, to I 11, as indicated at 17 in Fis- The receptacle thus formed and equipped may be carried over the vegetation to be treated in any way desired. It may be atconsisting of a receptacle tached to a cultivator in the cultivation of plants, or it may be attached to any other wheeled vehicle. For this purpose it is provided with ears, as indicated at 18, through which wires or ropes may be passed for its suspension. In Fig. 5 the body portion of a horse rake is typified and to this is shown attached two of the insect destroyers just described, one of them at 19 and the other at 20. These are arranged so that each may travel over a row of plants, such rows being indicated by the lines 21 and 22. When it is desired to treat vegetation, which is not in rows, the destroyers may be carried sidewise .over the field and the wicks allowed to trail over the plants.

The invention claimed is 1. A boll weevil destroyer consisting of a receptacle for containing a destroying liquid and a wick leading from said liquid and extending well beyond the receptacle and adapted to brush against the cotton plants.

2. An exterminator of fplant parasites,

or containing a destroying liquid and adapted to be carried over infested plants, and an absorbent material leading from said liquid and depending below the receptacle into position to brush against said plants.

3. The combination with a receptacle provided with means for suspending it from a vehicle and adapted to contain a liquid, parasite destroyer, of one or more strips of absorbent material leading from said receptacle into proximity to the infested plants so as to brush against them as the receptacle is carried along.

4. The combination with a receptacle provided with means for suspending it from a vehicle and having slits in its sides near the top, of wicks secured to the bottom of said receptacle to prevent displacement thereof and extending out through said slits and depending below the rece tacle to convey a liquid insecticide from t 1e receptacle to in fested lants.

5. T 1e combination with a vehicle of an insecticide receptacle adapted to be suspended from the vehicle, of a wick holder removably located in the bottom thereof and wicks secured to said holder and extending therefrom out of the receptacle and depending into proximity 'to infested vegetation.

6. The combination with an insecticide receptacle adapted to be supported from a vehicle, of wicks extending from the sides thereof, and guides for said wicks for re ulating their distance apart and their rcTativo positions.

7. The combination with an insecticide rcceptacle adapted to be supported from a vehicle, of wicks extending therefrom and depending from o posite sides thereof and a third wick attac led to said two wicks at its upper end in a manner to absorb moisture descending therein.

ANDREW J. MAHANAY. Witnesses:

C. D. KING, F. W. MAnANAY. 

